Losing our edge:
How uncertainty and mistrust are collapsing the east coast energy play
Le cas de Ralph
En 'Contradictoire', l'auteur Brian Lee Crowley, président de Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, écrit: "Si Ralph Klein était une valeur négociable, il aurait une caractéristique un peu particulière. Lorsque le prix du pétrole serait bas, le prix de Ralph serait élevé. Mais l'inverse s'observerait également; si les prix du pétrole flambaient, la demande de Ralph chuterait. Qu'est-ce qui explique cette curieuse relation inverse?"
Newfoundland’s shakedown racket
When talks broke down between government and industry to develop the Hebron Ben Nevis offshore oil project off Newfoundland and Labrador, the National Post came to AIMS for insight of what went wrong. In this article, AIMS Fellow in Newfoundland Issues Peter Fenwick explains the government position endangers all future development in the province.
The Bad Idea that Will Not Die: Gas Price Regulation
It may sound reasonable, regulating the price of gasoline. But as Brian Lee Crowley explains in his fortnightly column, appearances are deceiving. He writes, "regulation cannot lower prices for gasoline. The price to get gasoline into our local markets is set internationally and we have no control over it whatsoever. We either pay the going rate or we don’t get what we need."
The Beacon, March 28, 2006
A little something on Oil & Gas; a touch of Atlantica; and more on fiscal imbalance - this Beacon hops around the country from Alberta to Ottawa to Atlantica.
Get over all that oil gloom
With oil prices rising once more, AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley takes a look at what it truly means. As he explains, "The point of higher prices isn’t to make people pay more for energy, but to get them to use less of it and to give companies incentives to find more."
LNG: Pipedream or opportunity?
When Atlantic Business was looking for a story on the three proposed LNG terminals for Atlantic Canada, it turned to AIMS. In this article in the March issue, AIMS' Barbara Pike shows the three projects are anything but a sure thing. Drawing from AIMS' paper "Casting a cold eye on LNG", Pike explains there are several hurdles to overcome including supply, regulatory regime and regional cooperation.
In the global race to power up LNG plants, firms face supply challenge
An AIMS' paper on LNG proved prophetic when questions were raised about the supply contracts for three LNG terminals proposed for the region. The paper prompted New Brunswick's Telegraph-Journal to take a closer look.
Rules for Oil & Gas
The Newfoundland government should use the KISS rule while playing in the oil and gas field - 'Keep It Stable and Straightforward'. AIMS Fellow Peter Fenwick explains why in this commentary.
The Beacon, February 14, 2006
From public education to oil & gas to the Supreme Court, this edition of The Beacon covers a variety of public policy issues.